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USA: California to Ban Fracking by 2024 – Governor
23 April 2021California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a plan on Friday which would end the issuance of new fracking permits in the state by 2024 and ...
World Steel Association: Global Steel Production Up 10% in Q1-2021
22 April 2021Brussels – The World Steel Association said Thursday that global crude steel output rose 10% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2021. Crude steel ...
U.S. Pledge to Cut Half Gas Emissions by 2030
22 April 2021Washington – US President Joe Biden pledges to reduce the country’s greenhouse gas emissions at least in half by the end of 2030, according ...
Concentration of Greenhouse Gases in Air Reached All-Time High in 2020: EU Climate Center
22 April 2021Reading (United Kingdom) – The level of concentration of carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere hit a record high last year since 2003 ...
ILO Kicks off Green Week to ‘Jump-start’ a Sustainable Future
22 April 2021Geneva – As the world grapples with the devastating economic and social consequences of the COVID-19 crisis, the UN’s labour agency launched ILO Green ...
US President to Convene 40 World Leaders to Discuss Climate
22 April 2021US President Joe Biden is set to convene world leaders from 40 countries on Thursday to discuss the growing threats posed by climate change, ...
Ocean Benefits Increasingly Undermined by Human Activity, UN Assessment Finds
21 April 2021Greater understanding of the ocean is essential if the world is to recover better from the COVID-19 pandemic and achieve agreed targets on sustainable ...
World’s Renewable Electricity Generation to Expand by Over 8% in 2021 (IEA)
20 April 2021Paris – The world’s renewable electricity generation is projected to grow by over 8% in 2021, marking the largest increase since the 1970s, the ...
World on Verge of Climate ‘Abyss’ – WMO
19 April 2021The Earth’s temperature continues to rise unabated, with 2020 being one of the three warmest years on record, as extreme weather events combine with ...
2020, Hottest Year Ever Recorded in Morocco (Directorate General of Meteorology)
19 April 2021Casablanca – The year 2020 was the hottest ever recorded in Morocco, ahead of 2017 and 2010 respectively, said on Monday the General Directorate ...
